Ganstaz003
Rookie
How would that effect Novak Djokovic's hard court status as an ATG in that surface? Considering the fact that Rafael Nadal isn't an ATG hard court player and he will have more titles at a specific hard court slam, would Novak Djokovic still qualify as a hard court ATG?
The way I see it, an ATG on a specific surface can't have less titles in any grand slam / major tournament on that particular than a non-ATG in that particular surface. Sure, Novak Djokovic is an ATG at Australian Open. However, he is anything but an ATG at US Open and he has been relatively appalling / dreadful at US Open compared to Australian Open. To qualify as a true ATG in a specific surface, one must be consistently good with similar success in all tournaments in that surface. This isn't the case with Novak Djokovic (2 US Opens only to 6 Australian Opens). That's quite a huge disparity compared to something like 5 Australian and US Opens each for Roger Federer.
By the looks of it, it seems like Rafael Nadal will finish his career with more US Open titles and with a more impressive / greater US Open feats / records than Novak Djokovic. Thus, it's entirely debatable if Novak Djokovic could even claim to be an ATG hard court player if a non-ATG hard court player like Rafael Nadal wins more US Open titles.
The way I see it, an ATG on a specific surface can't have less titles in any grand slam / major tournament on that particular than a non-ATG in that particular surface. Sure, Novak Djokovic is an ATG at Australian Open. However, he is anything but an ATG at US Open and he has been relatively appalling / dreadful at US Open compared to Australian Open. To qualify as a true ATG in a specific surface, one must be consistently good with similar success in all tournaments in that surface. This isn't the case with Novak Djokovic (2 US Opens only to 6 Australian Opens). That's quite a huge disparity compared to something like 5 Australian and US Opens each for Roger Federer.
By the looks of it, it seems like Rafael Nadal will finish his career with more US Open titles and with a more impressive / greater US Open feats / records than Novak Djokovic. Thus, it's entirely debatable if Novak Djokovic could even claim to be an ATG hard court player if a non-ATG hard court player like Rafael Nadal wins more US Open titles.